Climate Change and Human Health: Risks and ResponsesAnthony J. McMichael World Health Organization, 2003 - 322 pages Over the ages, human societies have altered local ecosystems and modified regional climates. Today, the human influence has attained a global scale. This reflects the recent rapid increase in population size, energy consumption, intensity of land use, international trade and travel, and other human activities. These global changes have heightened awareness that the long-term good health of populations depends on the continued stability and functioning of the biosphere's ecological, physical, and socioeconomic systems. The world's climate system is an integral part of the complex of life-supporting processes. Climate and weather have always had a powerful impact on human health and well-being. But like other large natural systems, the global climate system is coming under pressure from human activities. Global climate change is, therefore, a newer challenge to ongoing efforts to protect human health. This volume seeks to describe the context and process of global climate change, its actual or likely impacts on health, and how human societies and their governments should respond, with particular focus on the health sector. |
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... variation on human biology and health . Traditional environmental health concerns long have been focused on ... variations . Average temperature . ( ° C ) of earth's surface 2 CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN HEALTH.
... variation on human biology and health . Traditional environmental health concerns long have been focused on ... variations . Average temperature . ( ° C ) of earth's surface 2 CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN HEALTH.
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... variations before around 1850 essentially were due to natural forcing processes - cosmological alignments , volcanic activity , solar activity and so on . Since 1850 there has been an increasing influence via human emission of ...
... variations before around 1850 essentially were due to natural forcing processes - cosmological alignments , volcanic activity , solar activity and so on . Since 1850 there has been an increasing influence via human emission of ...
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... Variations in Earth's average surface temperature , over the past 20000 years . Prior to 1860 , analogue measures of temperature are necessary ( tree rings , oxygen isotope ratios in ice cores and lake sediments , etc. ) . Note the ...
... Variations in Earth's average surface temperature , over the past 20000 years . Prior to 1860 , analogue measures of temperature are necessary ( tree rings , oxygen isotope ratios in ice cores and lake sediments , etc. ) . Note the ...
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... variation between populations as a function of geography and vulnerability , these indirect impacts are likely to have greater magnitude than the more direct ( 25 , 26 ) . For vector - borne infections , the distribution and abundance ...
... variation between populations as a function of geography and vulnerability , these indirect impacts are likely to have greater magnitude than the more direct ( 25 , 26 ) . For vector - borne infections , the distribution and abundance ...
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... variation around the average climate , including seasonal variations as well as large - scale variations in atmospheric and ocean circulation such as the El Niño / Southern Oscillation ( ENSO ) or the North Atlantic Oscillation ( NAO ) ...
... variation around the average climate , including seasonal variations as well as large - scale variations in atmospheric and ocean circulation such as the El Niño / Southern Oscillation ( ENSO ) or the North Atlantic Oscillation ( NAO ) ...
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